Sad-iron.



A. B. LEE.

SAD IRON.

APPLICATION FILED IuNI: 9. 1913.

l. 182,577. Patented May 9,1916.

ALMON B. LEE, OF SHELBY, MICHIGAN.

ySAD -IRON.

Specication of Letters iraient.

Patented May 9, Hilti.

Application filed June 9, 1913. Serial No. 772,710.

Be it known that l, .\i..\io.\' l. Licia, a citizen o'l the lUnited States, residing at Shelby, ii'i the county o'l' Uceana and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useiul improvements in Sad-Irons. ol' which the fi'illowing' is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in said irons, and its objects are: lfii'st, to pi'ovid a ineans whereby grasoleiie iiiav be siiccesst'ully used as a constant heating element with sad irons. Second, to provide a means whereby the handle ot' the iron may reniain perniaiiently on the iron without danger ot becoming overlieated while usine' the iron, and, third, to provide a means whereby the gasolenc will be gasitied before being.r lorced into the burner, I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying' drawing', in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section ot a sad iron on the line .r .fc of Fig. '2. Figi. 2 is an end elevation ot the sad iron. Figi. El is :i plan ot the saine. Fig. 4 is a plan with the handle and tank and upper plate removed to show the. operation of the lasteniiie' device. Fig. 5 is'a transverse section ot' the sad iron with the handleremoved and showing the relative position of the several elements that iro to make up my improvements. Fig. is a bottoni plan of the bui-ner, and Fi?. 7 is a section of one end ot the tank showing;- the location of the pin valve from the tank into the generator pipe.

Similar figures ret'ei' to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the accompanying drawing,r l repre` sents the shell of the sad iron as instructed by me.

2 is the handle.y and 3 represents thegasolene tank. 'It will le noticed that this` tank lies in exact alincn'ient with the longitudinal center ot' the iron and with the handle The handle 2 and thetank 5 are securely attached to the upper handle supporting plate 4l and this plate is, in turn, securely connected with the center cover plate 5, and

the generator pipe 7 passes l'roni the end ot the needle valve 9 into the burner 10, whencek it is discharged through the several. elongated vents u, shown in Fig. t3, in position to heat the iron bottom and the. generator S. lhis generator is provided with a removable head 17 that may be taken oli.' tor the puin pose ot cleaning out the generator if it should become clogged or heavily incl-usted with carbon. l avert thedaiiger ot overheating' the pipe 7 by plat-,iner a detlecting plate between it and the generator 8.

lt will be noticed that with the use ot the, plates l, 5 and t l have t'oriiied three partitions between the burin and tank with spaces between them So that the grasolene in the tank. though directly above the blazing burner, not likely to beconie overlieated, but. in reality, will remain comparatively cool in spite ot the fact that the iron itsel't is kept at a sullieiently high and even de l,Qi-ee ot' heat to insure the perfect siiioothincl of the articles being' ironed.

l find that in order t0 produce the best results, and at the saine time to avert the` danger ot' overheating the; handle and the tank it is necessary' to turn the side ei'lgces ot the cover plate 4 and handle supporting plate downward, as indicated at d. l in ities. Q and 5.

lt will be noted that the ,f feneratoi S. the supply pipe 7, the plates (3, and t and the tank ai" all attached to oi' connected with the handle 2, while the burner 10 is securely connected with the shell. 1', of the sad iron, so that when the handle is removed l'roni the iron the parts 3, 4, 5, (3, 7 and 8 are re-` moved with it, so that there is iio possible chance tor endangering' the operator by reason o't any leakage ot' gasoleiiefand to secure the handle and its attachments to the iron l torni a hook 1S at one end oic the plate 5, and a latch at the other end, coiisistiiigr ot the lever l having a hand piece l2, a lilik (`7 the lever and link beingr pivotally secured to the plate 5, as at r: fr, with the ends pivotally secured to a connecting' plate or bai' lli, as at /i l), which bar is designed to be thrown into the notches c r' oll the posts l5 l5, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 4 and by the solid lines` in Figs. 1 and 5. so that when the rlever 'lil is thrown out to,y the position indiietf locked together, so that the sad iron may be used as desired.

I prefer that the tank 3 vshould be placed with the right hand end slightly nearer to the plate 4, orslightly out of level so as to insure the free fiowage of all of the gasolene from the tank to the generator,

W hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent'of the UnitedStates, is:

l. In combination', a sad iron shell, 'a

' handle, a handle supporting plate secured of the shell and to the handle, a cover ,plate secured to the handle supporting plate, means connected with the cover plate for securing this plate and the handle to the shell, a liquid fuel tank secured in the handle parallel with the handle supporting plate, a generator' located in the shell parallel with the tank, a feed pipe leading from the back end of the tank to the front end of the vgenerator and parallel therewith, a conductor pipe leading from the back end of the generator and a needle valve thereon arranged to discharge gas into the burner. v

2. In combination, a sad iron shell, a handle, a handle supporting plate, a cover plate connected therewith and forming a space between the two plates, means con- .nected with the coverplate for detaehablf 3 connecting the cover plate with the shel a gasolene tank supported between the han-' plate and dle and they handle supporting parallel therewith, a burner near the bottom parallel with the tank, a generator located in the shellabove and to one side of the burner and parallel therewith, a delector plate above the burner, a

feed pipe leading from the back end of the tank into the front end of the generator, said feed pipe located between the cover plate andthe delector plate, a feed pipe leading from the back end of thel generator, and -a needle valve connected with said feed pipe in position to discharge gasiiied fuel into the back end of the burner.

3. In combination with the shell of a hollow sad iron, a handle secured to the from the back end of the generator, a needley valve connected therewith in position to discharge gas from vthe generator into the back end of the burner, and broad plates arranged to forni several open spaces be-` tween the generator and the tank and to protect the tank and handle from the direct influence of the heat generated at the burner.

Signed at Shelby Michigan May 2'?, 19H5.

' ALMON B. LEE. In presence of-'- C. L. CHURCHILL, A. Z. Moolen. 

